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Gojira
It feels like flying, but maybe we're dying ♫
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Post by Gojira on Jan 30, 2017 21:01:11 GMT -5
i was outside having some nice alone time, and i notice the sky is really clear and the moon is a big, gorgeous crescent. so i'm looking at this pretty sight (i even saw a shooting star, which is rare given i'm in the suburbs of a big city) and getting in touch with my lunar oriented Gods and suddenly Set barges in and we have this exchange:
Set: Hey, what kind of animal is a Set animal? Me: I dunno, what kind of animal IS a Set animal? Set: a PARTY ANIMAL [mlg foghorn noises] [promptly leaves again]
even though he has a serious side, how he managed to be known as a "god of evil" is completely beyond me. (for clarification: nobody is entirely sure what animal Set is supposed to be, just that it looks weird.)
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Post by Dingoleap on Jan 30, 2017 21:09:56 GMT -5
That is so... weird. Egyptian gods can be quite strange when they want to be.
And as far as I am concerned, puns can be evil.
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 30, 2017 21:21:58 GMT -5
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Transgender
Gojira
It feels like flying, but maybe we're dying ♫
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Post by Gojira on Jan 30, 2017 21:22:08 GMT -5
They truly can. Set is the usual culprit, but Sobek and Thoth have their moments too for sure.
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Post by Dingoleap on Jan 31, 2017 3:30:35 GMT -5
I've never really dealt with Set or Sobek much, but my school has a bit of an ibis infestation - theres literally thirty of them that hang around - and it always feels like I'm being silently judged. Probably because I can't do maths to save myself.
But on the topic of Egyptian gods, last night I asked Bast for some guidance. I was struggling with something, so I said a quick prayer before going to sleep and I had the strangest dream. Myself, my mum and brother and a close friend were walking through a small country town (no town in particular, just a town) and there were dozens and dozens of cats just wandering through the streets of the dream town. I was also the only one to acknowledge the cats/find that number of cats in one location strange. I'm pretty sure there was also a small black cat walking beside me, too.
Anyway, when I left home this morning, my own cat who also happens to be black was sitting on the mailbox, staring really intently at me (were in itself because he never started like that) and I realised that all the problems I was facing regarding said issue I was having trouble with were basically nonexistent and could be easily solved. So I got some support in the form of a dream about close to thirty or so cats and I realised that everything will work out and wow is that such a huge weight off my shoulders.
I really should thank Bast tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 9:28:46 GMT -5
Oh my gods so much good conversation to respond to here. Ok, my sleep-deprived state shall attempt this. qυeeɴ oғ ɢнoѕтlιɴɢѕ Okay upon quick searches and what i already know. Frejya (The Lady) is a goddess of femininity (love, sex, beauty, fertility etc.) as well as gold, war, power, and death. Consider strong viking warrior women, and that is her. She gets what she wants and is kind of a boss doing it while riding in her carriage pulled by cats. (See: Skogkatten/Norwegian Forest Cat.) She's also the goddess of seiðr, an old kind of magic that used rope, lines, or string in order to symbolically weave or re-weave the web of fate. She has a twin, Freyr (The Lord) whom she is not to be confused with. Both are Vanir gods, though live with the Aesir. Essentially, what I picture of her right now is a badass and gorgeous feminist cat lady who likes knitting but would totally stab you with the needles if you piss her off.If you want to research deities or things, I'd just honestly go to google and click on batches of links. Where as not everything can be trusted, there are things that nearly every source will agree on and those are usually fact. Others may be disputed and then is a good time to ask questions. Also, wikipedia as well as the encyclopedia britannica site and any well-written article will have sources from which they pulled their facts usually at the bottom of the page, so check those out too. (Do it kinda like how you'd look up links as if you might write a research paper on it for a class.) We love to help you, and still will, but we can't exactly be spoon-feeding information all the time. Truth is found by the journey of a new path, not the following of an already worn one dear. ALSO: About your question regarding the perception of personalities regarding experiences with deities. There is a concept called UPG or Unverified Personal Gnosis. What this means is that you may have an experience with a certain divine being that may or not be shared by anyone else who also interacts with that being. For instance, Thor in my experience has given me very personal relationship help that is definitely not typical for anyone else. Though I believe the reason why he gives me advice in matters of the heart is because as a god that resembles strength in battle, my own worst battles I must be a warrior of are usually emotional, and so he empowers me in that area. It is unverified, because nobody else can exactly tell me i am wrong or right or prove that it is true, and personal because only I have an experience of this. There is also PCPG or Peer-Corroborated Personal Gnosis. Essentially the same thing, but usually emulated within a specific group, coven, etc. And revolving around said groups personal traditions. An example may be simply that we here as a collective of pagans learning and growing from one another now may share experiences and share traits that we see in our personal pantheons that others may not, or may never have apart from this thread. Do take careful note to mind where as this is all fine and good for most things, UPG and PCPG are loose terms to describe the situation at hand and honestly shouldn't apply heavily if at all because when that is done you get things like people starting really wild cults and doing other absolutely crazy sh-t that makes little to no sense... But I digress. mintedstar/fur and Gojira Oh I don't think I could fix the star error but yeah. Mongrel did a super job with the layout and I love how there's kinda a symbol for all the major types of gods we follow in it. I felt giddy with the little mjolnir too. Sour Candy Wolves have kinda spoken to me a lot too. Particularly in regards to Odin's wolves. Do keep me informed. Pm me about it maybe if you'd like? Also that experience during meditating is kind of weird. I hope you're ok. 21 Guns That's fascinating and really neat. At the pagan stores nearby there's always a collection of fairy statues that catch my eye as being pretty cool art sometimes but I never really saw them as more than that to me. I'm kind of jealous of people who come from pagan backgrounds that can learn the craft from their relatives.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 9:43:49 GMT -5
In other recent news, I found out I lost my furry sister... My mom has had this cat, Danada a black cat with a white belly, just about since she had me. Got her as a christmas gift the december of the year I was born as a kitten but she was born in october so really me and this cat were only 4 months apart. I've lived through the death of other cats we've had but this one just struck me as particularly harsh because we literally grew up together being the same age. I cried a bit i guess. She's buried with our other fur-babies in... well... our cat graveyard. (And I do mean cat graveyard, we've buried about 18 of our cats there, and I can name every single one of them still... hah. forget the crazy cat lady, we're an entire crazy cat family.) I'm planning a ritual to both honor Danada and my other cats who have passed and speak to Bast. I'm not sure what I'll be doing for it yet. Speaking of Bast, Dingoleap that sounds like a pretty accurate description of the town I grew up in (the same town my grandma lives in, and the cat-graveyard...which is in her backyard too). It was terribly small and close to forest and farmland. Whenever my ex and I would go on midnight walks there were always GOBS of cats roaming around. I tried to pet all of them... Also that's how we kept getting more cats because they'd follow me home and I'd beg to keep them... Whoops? Lmao. I like cats ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 31, 2017 10:54:59 GMT -5
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Post by qυeeɴ oғ ɢнoѕтlιɴɢѕ on Jan 31, 2017 11:04:15 GMT -5
Ah thank you I actually did research last night and I found all that information and more tho I still need to look up more stuff to better understand some things. I am still going to wait a bit to see if it is Freyja but I just ultimately asked because you seem to know a bit about the Norse gods while I don't know much at all so I wasn't sure if you would be able to help. Thank you tho but I believe I can take it from here on my own as I have done for my other deities I just felt it would be nice to have a second opinion for once tho I assume I was wrong.
For the front page with the star I wish there was a Torii gate but I guess there was probably no room
Also I think I'm going to take a break from here for a while for reasons but if anyone interested in contacting me just pm me tho I doubt anyone is interested in doing that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 12:10:01 GMT -5
Well that makes sense. I'm sorry if I came off a little harsh there though. I realize what I said was rude. I hope it wasn't me that makes you want to leave.
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 31, 2017 12:12:02 GMT -5
Sorry about your cat
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 12:12:46 GMT -5
Aww im so sorry to hear about your cat Yeah she was a pretty girl and she will be missed. It's sorta hitting my mom the worst though since she was her cat and all. I was gonna do that thing but I can't find my little pack of catnip anywhere. D: I'm sort of panicking because I really need it to talk to Bast. I hope my friends cats didn't just find it and eat it, the little scoundrels. ;-;
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 31, 2017 12:28:19 GMT -5
Im starting to feel a little down because I feel like I can't get any connection to the gods at all ._.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 12:36:33 GMT -5
Try leaving an offering or something for a few of them. You said you started making your space wolf-themed, why don't you try also making some kind of offering? A bit of meat or a cup of grape-juice in lieu of wine might suffice for Odin, since you stated that you favored him. Oh that reminds me, I was meaning to pm you the eye of Odin rune!
Odin can be a pretty tough guy to get a hold of if you want to, and almost always demands some sort of sacrifice to get his attention and acknowledge you.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 13:13:52 GMT -5
I'm glad yall all like the front page! Though I could have done much better. I'll probably make a new one sometime
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 31, 2017 13:28:24 GMT -5
Try leaving an offering or something for a few of them. You said you started making your space wolf-themed, why don't you try also making some kind of offering? A bit of meat or a cup of grape-juice in lieu of wine might suffice for Odin, since you stated that you favored him. Oh that reminds me, I was meaning to pm you the eye of Odin rune! Odin can be a pretty tough guy to get a hold of if you want to, and almost always demands some sort of sacrifice to get his attention and acknowledge you. Hmm...I'll keep that in mind and see if I can try it when I get home.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 13:42:46 GMT -5
I'm glad yall all like the front page! Though I could have done much better. I'll probably make a new one sometime I think it's really spiffy. <3
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 13:44:32 GMT -5
Bae just got me a Mjolnir necklace out of the blue and im!!!!!
Super stoked about it.
Hella.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 13:47:52 GMT -5
I'm glad yall all like the front page! Though I could have done much better. I'll probably make a new one sometime I think it's really spiffy. <3 >:( uggggfhggfhdhfhddhdsjswkgdjaifowqksg thanx kid
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 13:50:40 GMT -5
I'm gonna cry. Not because I'm sad but just that today has been really great? And I'm actually being productive and getting things done. And I finally found my catnip and spoke to Bast. Now this.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jan 31, 2017 14:08:01 GMT -5
Speaking of Bast, Dingoleap that sounds like a pretty accurate description of the town I grew up in (the same town my grandma lives in, and the cat-graveyard...which is in her backyard too). It was terribly small and close to forest and farmland. Whenever my ex and I would go on midnight walks there were always GOBS of cats roaming around. I tried to pet all of them... Also that's how we kept getting more cats because they'd follow me home and I'd beg to keep them... Whoops? Lmao. I like cats ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ XD I'd so do the same thing. If it wasn't for the fact that all the cats near me already have home. Oh well.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jan 31, 2017 14:09:07 GMT -5
I think it's really spiffy. <3 uggggfhggfhdhfhddhdsjswkgdjaifowqksg thanx kid I love the layout.
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Post by ⭐ 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍-𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓 on Jan 31, 2017 14:53:49 GMT -5
Im starting to feel a little down because I feel like I can't get any connection to the gods at all ._. which gods are you trying to connect to?
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 31, 2017 15:26:24 GMT -5
Im starting to feel a little down because I feel like I can't get any connection to the gods at all ._. which gods are you trying to connect to?
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Post by Sour Candy on Jan 31, 2017 23:55:42 GMT -5
Damnit I completely forgot to try it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 0:20:22 GMT -5
Well tomorrow is Odin's day. So better try then I suppose?
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Post by Dingoleap on Feb 1, 2017 3:15:29 GMT -5
In other recent news, I found out I lost my furry sister... My mom has had this cat, Danada a black cat with a white belly, just about since she had me. Got her as a christmas gift the december of the year I was born as a kitten but she was born in october so really me and this cat were only 4 months apart. I've lived through the death of other cats we've had but this one just struck me as particularly harsh because we literally grew up together being the same age. I cried a bit i guess. She's buried with our other fur-babies in... well... our cat graveyard. (And I do mean cat graveyard, we've buried about 18 of our cats there, and I can name every single one of them still... hah. forget the crazy cat lady, we're an entire crazy cat family.) I'm planning a ritual to both honor Danada and my other cats who have passed and speak to Bast. I'm not sure what I'll be doing for it yet. Speaking of Bast, Dingoleap that sounds like a pretty accurate description of the town I grew up in (the same town my grandma lives in, and the cat-graveyard...which is in her backyard too). It was terribly small and close to forest and farmland. Whenever my ex and I would go on midnight walks there were always GOBS of cats roaming around. I tried to pet all of them... Also that's how we kept getting more cats because they'd follow me home and I'd beg to keep them... Whoops? Lmao. I like cats ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Your town sounds awesome, to be honest.
The basic rundown is that things are changing for me, majorly, and I wasn't dealing with it well. I'll be able to share more when I have some more concrete information, but my life could change drastically this year, and I was really freaking out (combined with pressures from school, so its been a fun week :/ ) so it much much needed assurance that everything would work out eventually. I just wish Bast was always that helpful. She seems to pic and choose the moments to be of any real help, at least in my experience, but what can you do. Gods only talk when they feel like it, and her keeping quiet has taught be to work through minor issues on my own, so thats good in it's own way.
I'm so tired, I'm just rambling now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 15:35:26 GMT -5
Bast and I have a pretty open connection actually. She comes to me by far the easiest of any other of my Gods. Sometimes she doesn't even wait for me to prepare my space before showing up anymore.
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Post by Sour Candy on Feb 1, 2017 16:11:47 GMT -5
Everything is stressing me out I'm gonna study my healing crystals book whe I get home to find something for stress relief
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